Alpak Station Marks Second Year in Business!

Posted on September 16, 2011

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce helped celebrate Alpak Station's second year in business with a photo and ribbon cutting. Alpak Station offers custom packing and shipping soultions using UPS, FedEx and Postal services. The retail shipping center, located at 115 Mill Street in the Upper Mill Shops, also provides copying and fax services, unique gifts and private mailbox rentals. The company is scheduled to open its second store in the Hawley Silk Mill in October 2011.

Pike County Builders & Chamber Swinging For Scholarships

Posted on September 9, 2011

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce and the Pike County Builders Association are joining together once again to host the Annual John Gouse Memorial Golf Outing. The event will be held on Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 at the Woodloch Springs Golf Resort and includes a grand buffet lunch.

John Gouse passed away suddenly on Father's Day in 1999, leaving behind his wife Sharon and two daughters, Kendra and Sarah. He was an active community volunteer and was especially devoted to the American Red Cross and the March of Dimes. John was also a Board Director in both the Pike County Builder's Association and the Pike County Chamber of Commerce. Both organizations honor his memory by raising funds for scholarships given in his name.

This wonderful event is open to the public with a fee of $110 per person and reservations are required by Friday, September 30, 2011. Corporate sponsorships and t-signs that you can use as great marketing tools are also still available at reasonable fees. Please contact the Pike Chamber at (570) 296-8700 or visit www.pikechamber.com.

New Wave Vintage Shop Opens in Milford

Posted on September 7, 2011

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for the Grand Opening of their newest member New Wave Vintage located at 150 Water Street in the Upper Mill Shops in Milford, PA.

New Wave Vintage is a mini department store that caters to the active hobby enthusiast offering RC hobby sales and service, a skateboard shop and a technical services department for not only your hobbies but your residential or business computer needs.

They will also be offering FREE seminars to be held every Wednesday evening from 6:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. for residential and business computer demands. You can call ahead for the variety topics and availability.

Be sure to stop by and welcome this new business to the neighborhood and check out all of the technology, toys and tees that are available. You can call them at 570-409-6500 or visit www.newwavevintage.com for more information.

Ladies Night Out – Let’s Celebrate!

Posted on September 1, 2011

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Committee invites you to their Ladies Night Out Networking Event. All are welcome to attend on Friday, September 23rd from 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. at the Best Western Inn in Matamoras, PA.

Bring a few friends to this casual but exciting Ladies Event. You will have fun, get relaxed and just unwind from your busy week with other area women while enjoying great food, facials, massages and more! There will also be a cash bar, 50/50 raffle and door prizes.

There will be mingling and eating while you walk around and enjoy some of the vendors offerings including free facials from TLC Salon & Spa, free mini massages from Trigger Point Massage, Cunico Family Health & Wellness, Lia Sophia Jewelry, Scentsy Wickless Candle Products, Nana’ Nook Gifts, Take Shape for Life with Certified Health Coach Alison Orlando or Guardian Angel Readings with Jennifer Casper just to name a few. Then our Guest Speaker will be Cena Block of Sane Spaces LLC who will have a seminar on the Top Organizing Tips for you to learn to incorporate into your home, work and family. Then we will continue to network and make new friends and Best Western is offering a special overnight rate for those attendees who decide to stay over; but you need to reserve early.

We ask that all attendees bring feminine hygiene products such as deodorant, hairspray, pads, tampons, shampoo etc. which we will then donate to the local food pantry for those ladies in need.

Reservations are required by calling 570-296-8700 and the price is $25.00 per person for Pike Chamber members or $30.00 per person for non-members. If you are interested in being a vendor, you need to pre-register to hold your space. Please call for vendor requirements if interested. We hope you can make it!

Pike Chamber Secures Top Area Business Sponsors for Signature Event

Posted on September 02, 2011

The Pike County Chamber of Commerce is pleased that the local area businesses realize what a great event the Chamber is hosting by showing their support with top event sponsorships. The following businesses have confirmed sponsorships: Pike County Light & Power, Biondo Investment Advisors, Bon Secours Community Hospital and The Dime Bank as Gold Sponsors, Wayne Bank as Silver Sponsor and Dingman Delaware Insurance and McGoey, Hauser & Edsall as Bronze Sponsors. The following media sponsors include The Milford Journal, Our House/Excursions Magazines & Bold Gold Media. There are still sponsorship opportunities available to you or your business so please contact us right away.

The Signature Event for 2011 is a wonderful dinner with keynote speaker Mr. Alan Gerry, a local businessman and one of the nation’s entrepreneurial leaders. Alan Gerry was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cablevision Industries Corporation ("CVI"). After nearly four decades in the cable television business, Mr. Gerry directed the nation's largest privately owned cable company operating 64 cable systems in 18 states and employing more than 2,500 people. With over 1.3 million subscribers at year-end 1995, CVI became the 8th largest multiple system operator in the United States.

Mr. Gerry was one of the first entrepreneurs to respond to demands for a greater number of channels and improved reception in areas where off-air television reception was unsatisfactory due to topography or remoteness from broadcast towers. A true cable pioneer, he built his first such "classic" cable television system in 1956 in Liberty, New York, where he still maintains his corporate offices. From this small base, Mr. Gerry's entrepreneurial spirit and vision sparked a period of remarkable growth that resulted in the company's expansion to rural, suburban and metropolitan areas. In the cable financial community, Mr. Gerry was recognized for creating innovative capital structures that enabled the financing of CVI's remarkable growth without accessing the public equity markets. Today, Mr. Gerry continues as one of the nation's entrepreneurial leaders.

The Evening will take place at the Best Western Inn in Matamoras on October 12, 2011. Cocktails at 6:00p.m. and a sit down dinner at 7:00p.m. Immediately following dinner, Mr. Gerry will be speaking on a few topics including how he started out as a regular business man and followed his intuition and worked hard to become one of the top entrepreneurs in the country and then came back to his humble beginnings to give back to the community in many ways including one his most notable, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Individual dinners are $65.00 per person or you can take advantage of one of the available Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsorships for the event which includes dinners and advertising in the event’s brochure.

For more information, to become a sponsor or make reservations contact the Chamber office at (570) 296 – 8700 or online at www.pikechamber.com.